MSR Hubba Tent Sale
Our lightest and best-selling freestanding solo tent weighs less than 3 lbs. (1.4 kg), yet it’s expertly designed to the deal with the vagaries of 3-season camping. Compact and eminently packable—for everything from trekking to ultralight backcountry adventures—this sturdy shelter still boasts ample living space.
Description
- Lightweight freestanding solo tent designed for 3-season camping
- Unique pole configuration maximizes interior space for full comfort
- All-in-one hub-and-swivel pole design packs easily and sets up quickly
- Stay-Dry entrance; large vestibule for storing gear; stands 40 inches tall
- 17 square feet of floor area; minimum weight of 2 pounds 15 ounces
MSR's Fast & Light tent series continues to redefine the livability and quality you can expect when it comes to ultralight shelters, and the Hubba tent is no exception. The company's lightest and best-selling freestanding solo tent, the Hubba weighs less than 3 pounds, yet is expertly designed to deal with the vagaries of three-season camping. The tent employs the latest technologies and materials in its design, including 40D x 238T ripstop nylon 6 fabric in the fly and canopy, along with a 1,500mm polyurethane and silicone coating on the fly's exterior to help keep cold and wet weather at bay. In addition, the pole's unique pole configuration provides maximum interior space, so you needn't feel overly confined while sleeping or reading a book by lantern light. Best of all for serious hikers, the tent is compact and eminently packable, making it suitable for everything from trekking to ultralight backcountry adventures. The various features affirm MSR's belief that you don't have to expect less to carry less. Other details include a Stay-Dry entrance, a large vestibule for storing gear, and an all-in-one hub-and swivel pole design that's strong and easy to set up.
The Hubba tent can be used as a double-wall tent for full protection or in two freestanding tarp-shelter modes--one with the optional footprint (sold separately) and the other with just the fly and poles.
The Hubba's compact floor plan maximizes interior space for the solo camper. |
Specifications:- Capacity: 1
- Minimum weight: 2 pounds 15 ounces
- Packaged weight: 3 pounds 6 ounces
- Fly with footprint weight: 2 pounds 2 ounces
- Floor area: 17 square feet
- Vestibule area: 9.5 square feet
- Tent volume: 76 cubic feet
- Vestibule volume: 9 cubic feet
- Interior peak height: 40 inches
- Packed size: 20 by 6 inches
- Number of doors: 1
- Freestanding: Yes
- Number of poles: 1 DAC
- Number of stakes: 6
- Fly fabric: 40D x 238T ripstop nylon 6, 1,500mm polyurethane and silicone coated
- Canopy fabric: 40D x 238T ripstop nylon 6
- Mesh type: 20D polyester mesh
- Floor fabric: 40D x 238T ripstop nylon 6, 10,000mm polyurethane and DWR coated
- Warranty: Lifetime
MSR Materials & Workmanship Guarantee
MSR warranties the materials and workmanship in every MSR tent to the original owner. If your MSR tent has received proper care, but fails due to a defect in manufacturing, the tent will be repaired or replaced at MSR's discretion. Repairs due to accident, improper care or negligence where MSR is not at fault--including sun degradation, mildew, wear and tear due to hard use--will be performed at a reasonable charge. MSR offers a lifetime warranty to the original owner on all MSR tent framework. If your tent pole breaks, MSR will repair or replace it--free--for the lifetime of the tent, upon postage paid delivery to the MSR Product Service Center. This warranty applies only to the original purchaser. Proof of purchase is required.
MSR Hubba Tent Customer Review
I spent several weeks researching one-person tents and found the lightest and most affordable to be the MSR Hubba, Sierra Design's Lightning XT1, Eureka's Back Country 1 and the ALPS Mountaineering Zephyr 1. Both the Zephyr and Back Country were relatively inexpensive (0-130), both were large for a solo tent (23-24 sq ft each), and both weighed approx 4 pounds. The Eureka is very popular judging from the ample positive online reviews, but I didn't like the fly designs of either of these tents. The ALPS has a top triangle that purportedly catches water and the Eureka's barely extends past the door.
On to the Hubba and Lightning. Both were similar prices (0-250) and had similar space (Hubba - 17 and Lightning - 19 sq ft). Both weighed in at 3 lbs 6 ozs but the Lightning's width at 32" seemed more friendly than MSR's 26". The Hubba is the most popular of the two but there were a few reviewers who gave a thumbs down on the narrow width. Unfortunately, I found almost no reviews for the Lightning.
In the end I went with the Hubba because of it's sleek design. The first time I set it up I was surprised at how tall and wide it was. Inside it felt big, much bigger than I had expected. The length is ample at 86" (the Lightning is 82") and the way the top crosspole opens the ceiling as wide as the bottom provides very comfortable head space. The bath tub floor comes up higher mid-tent so if you like to sleep on your side, it will expand with a fully bent knee. This tent, which is made in Taiwan, is well-constructed from seams to poles and feather light stakes. Set up is fast and easy. The short poles at either end are permanently attached to a hub as is the crosspole, but despite the fact that there is essentially only one pole the Hubba is solid even without staking. Plus, there are loops at the corners of the square ceiling where you could attach an attic.
A plus for me is the fly's yellow color. After the sun goes down, the yellow catches the waning light and puts it on the page of my book or notebook, a BIG help for someone who likes to read or write before turning in. I am so happy with this tent!
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